Archive for September 19th, 2004

The Many Faces of Afatrat

PLO Arab terrorist leader Yasser Afatrat is no one dimensional villain. He has many dimensions.
 
There’s his courageous side (AP):
 

 
(It takes guts to roll your boogers in public)
 
There’s his cultural side (Reuters) :
 

“To be or not to be…that is the question.”
There’s his charming side (AFP):
 

“Has anyone ever told you how much you look like my wife Suha?”
There’s [...]

The Most Demonized Jews on Earth

Over Rosh Hashana and the Jewish Sabbath, we stayed with my in-laws in Beit El.
 
For those of you who are not familiar with Beit El, it is a lovely Israeli community northwest of Jerusalem, right near Ramallah. I guess the more commonly used term for Beit El is “settlement,” but I am loathe to use [...]

What Happens When You Are Left Home Alone

News of another former child star gone bad:

Actor Macaulay Culkin, who gained fame as a child in the smash hit film “Home Alone,” was charged Friday in Oklahoma City with marijuana possession and possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, police said.
 
Culkin, 24, was a passenger in a Pontiac Bonneville stopped on Interstate 44 [...]